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absent Wed 01-Apr-15 06:04:26

I have a huge box full of black and white photographs. I need to find the time to go through them because I am probably the only one who can identify at least some of the subjects. I suppose that is my only bucket list item.

I also need to go through and get restored a vast number of home movies. The first, I think, was my christening.

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AlieOxon Tue 31-Mar-15 17:38:10

I'm just saying if you're gonna scan them, do it at high res!
Old snaps are so small!

Apart from that, would like to see pics of families. Good idea.

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harrigran Tue 31-Mar-15 16:45:12

I have black and white photos of my father as a toddler and one of my mother in 1909 when she was a few months old. These photographs are in better condition than some of the coloured ones I have of my own DC.

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hildajenniJ Tue 31-Mar-15 16:28:24

I've got a lovely one of my Dad when he was a little boy. It must have been taken about 1930/32

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janerowena Tue 31-Mar-15 15:55:12

Couldn't you start a photo thread, with that photo? I have loads!

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AlieOxon Tue 31-Mar-15 10:05:03

A discovery, though maybe others know it - old b/w photos of family benefit from being scanned at a high resolution, and it's then much easier to enlarge them on PC and get a clear picture.

I have just scanned a newly discovered pic and I can now see that Uncle Arthur is wearing the Edwardian style rounded collar - which helps date it!

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